Oh what a night!!! The Research Society celebrated the Australian research; insights, CX, UX & data analytics industry last Thursday 6 May with two simultaneous events held in Melbourne and Sydney.

With a live stream between the two events, the industry was entertained by the fabulous Kieran Flanagan, who hosted the awards ceremony from Melbourne, and Research Society President, Tiina Raikko presenting awards from Sydney.
Winners of the Research Awards 2020-21, New Research Society Fellows and Conference Award winners were all announced on the night.
Check out all the pics from The Research Society Research Awards 2020-21 Awards Night here: http://researchawards.com.au/photo-gallery
View the Research Awards 2020-21 winners here.
View the Research Society New Fellowships awarded here.
View the Research Society’s Human Insights Conference award winners here.
Young Researcher of the Year Award
WINNER: Marissa Tsioutsis, Potentiate

Highly Commended

- Lucy Belling, Newgate Research
- Jane Burton, SA Water
- Ruby Christoph, T Garage
- Amelia Norton, Nature
Finalists

- Madeline Baker, Potentiate
- Lucy Belling, Newgate Research
- Jane Burton, SA Water
- Ruby Christoph, T Garage
- Todd Cope, Nature
- James Holman, Fiftyfive5
- Amelia Norton, Nature
- Marissa Tsioutsis, Potentiate
Research Effectiveness Awards
Category: Consumer Insights
WINNER: ‘Need To Know Research’ (AFFINITY)
- Client: Tourism Central Coast
- Submission Name: Big Insight of Little Adventures Built a Billion Dollar Tourism Brand
- Entrants: Laurette Douglas, Luke Brown

Highly Commended

- Company: Fiftyfive5
- Client: University of Otago
- Submission Name: To get there, start here
- Entrants: Stephanie Karayannis, Richard Hall, Darren Kemp & Shelley Winsor
Finalists

- ‘Need To Know Research’ (AFFINITY)
- Fiftyfive5
- Fiftyfive5
- JWS Research
Category: Public Policy / Social Impact
WINNER: ORIMA Research
- Client: Aruma & Scope Australia
- Submission Name: “Nothing about us without us” – reimagining research approaches for people with disability by putting them at the centre of research design
- Entrants: Paulina Hryniewiecka & Tamara Reinisch

Highly Commended

- Company: Whereto
- Client: Beyond Blue
- Submission Name: Re-thinking mental health
– from something others have, to something we all need to nurture - Entrants: Charles Coulton, Catherine Boekel, Chris Schildt & Andrew Thorp
Finalists

- Fiftyfive5
- ORIMA Research
- Potentiate
- Whereto
Category: Technology & Innovation
WINNER: Nature Pty Ltd
- Client: Don KRC
- Submission Name: Using Virtual Reality to enhance and radically evolve Choice Modelling, in order to guide our client with a critical commercial decision
- Entrants: Paddy Cain, Chris Crook & Peter Stuchbery

Highly Commended

- Company: Newgate Australia
- Client: Cotton Australia
- Submission Name: Mapping networks of influence to form a strategic roadmap out of a national crisis
- Entrants: Benjamin Wegener
Finalists

- ‘Need To Know Research’ AFFINITY
- Nature Pty Ltd
- Newgate Australia
- Potentiate
Research Organisation of the Year Award
WINNER: Fiftyfive5

Finalists

- Fiftyfive5
- Lewers Research
- Nature
- Potentiate
- The Lab Insight and Strategy